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What happens to the coins thrown into the Trevi Fountain?
Published on 04/20/2024 8:59 p.m. Video length: 3 min Italy: what happens to the coins thrown into the Trevi Fountain? Italy: what happens to the coins thrown into the Trevi…
Scandal of the theft of 2000 coins | A new director for the British Museum
(London) The current director of the National Portrait Gallery in London, Nicholas Cullinan, has been appointed director of the British Museum, announced Thursday the institution shaken by the scandal of…
Simone Veil, Joséphine Baker, Marie Curie… Discover the new faces of the 10, 20 and 50 centime coins
These new coins will gradually be put into circulation by the summer of 2024, specifies the Paris Mint, responsible for minting the currency. Published on 06/03/2024 15:08 Reading time: 1…
2 euro coins, distributed in schools, are controversial
On these Olympic Games commemorative coins, an Eiffel Tower taking flight is engraved. This collector’s item is currently being distributed and is causing annoyance among teachers, in particular. Published on…
United Kingdom | Coins bearing the image of James Bond
(London) The Royal Mint, the official agency that mints the British currency, launched on Wednesday a range of coins dedicated to collectors and investors bearing the image of the famous…
The first coins featuring King Charles struck on Tuesday
The first coins bearing the image of King Charles will be minted on Tuesday in Winnipeg, to be found in the wallets of Canadians within a few weeks. After 70…
King Charles III soon on Canadian coins
(Winnipeg) The first Canadian coins bearing the effigy of King Charles III will soon be in circulation across the country. Posted at 6:18 p.m. Brittany Hobson The Canadian Press The…
Sorel resident charged after record seizure of counterfeit $2 coins
A man has just been charged with a series of offenses at the Sorel courthouse, in connection with a record seizure of counterfeit $2 coins imported from China Published at…
Over 700 gold coins found in cornfield
A man in Kentucky, USA, was surprised to find more than 700 Civil War-era gold coins in his cornfield, and some are said to be worth nearly $100,000. “It’s the…
Coins | Louis Riel instead of Charles III, wants the Bloc Québécois
Will we see Louis Riel succeeding Elizabeth II on the obverse of our coins instead of his son, the new King Charles III? Posted at 9:00 a.m. The idea appeals…
vote in Denmark, Turkey plays the mediator in Ukraine and coins with the effigy of Charles III
Posted on 01/11/2022 11:51 Article written by Like every day, the 11 p.m. news takes a tour of the news broadcast by European television channels. It’s Eurozapping on Monday, October…
Here are the first coins with the portrait of King Charles III
The portrait of King Charles III for future coins bearing his likeness was unveiled on Friday by the body responsible for minting British coins, Royal Mint. This portrait will appear…
King Charles portrait for future UK coins unveiled
(London) The portrait of King Charles III for future coins bearing his likeness was unveiled on Friday by the body responsible for minting British coins, Royal Mint. Posted at 7:09…
Banx & Ranx | The Montreal duo that turns coins into gold
This Saturday, Banx & Ranx performs at ÎleSoniq after four years without a show. During this period, the two Montrealers worked with Cirque du Soleil, Dua Lipa, Sean Paul and…
The treasure of a Lille enthusiast of old coins auctioned for more than a million euros
An impressive collection of rare and old coins will be auctioned on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 January at the Couvent des Minimes in Lille. This is the collection of…
The black poet Maya Angelou on the “quarters”, American 25 cent coins
The effigy of the African-American poet and activist Maya Angelou (1928-2014) appears on a new generation of ” quarters », The famous American 25-cent coins, the first copies of which…